The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
At the end of our list of synonyms of the typical form of this
Antelope it will be observed that we have added, with a mark of doubt,
_Tragelaphus gratus_ of Rochebrune’s ‘Faune de la Sénégambie,’
upon which Dr. Trouessart has based his _Tragelaphus obscurus_.
All that can be said of Rochebrune’s figure is that, if correctly
drawn, it cannot have been taken from _Limnotragus gratus_,
which is at once recognizable by its elongated hoofs, and that it is
_more likely_ to have been based on an example of the present
species. But we have already on more than one occasion alluded to the
untrustworthiness of Dr. Rochebrune’s work, and think it hardly worth
while to discuss the subject further.
The Harnessed Antelope is frequently brought alive to Europe from the
ports on the West Coast of Africa and does nicely in captivity. It was
well represented in the great Knowsley Menagerie, where it frequently
bred. In May 1845, as we learn from the ‘Gleanings,’ there was at
Knowsley a herd of two males and four females, of which three were
then expected to produce young. Both sexes were figured by Waterhouse
Hawkins on the 28th plate of that work. Several specimens of it were
sold at the dispersal of the Knowsley Menagerie in 1851.
The Zoological Society of London has exhibited specimens of this
handsome Antelope ever since its gardens were instituted, but it does
not appear to have bred there. Dr. Percy Rendall, F.Z.S., brought home
a fine male from the Gambia in 1890, and in the following year a pair
was presented to the Society by Sir R. B. Llewelyn, K.C.M.G., the
Governor of that Colony. In Mr. Smit’s illustration of this species
(Plate LXXXIX.) the figures of the male and female were taken from the
Zoological Society’s specimens; the young one in the front was drawn
from a specimen from Fantee, in the British Museum.
_November,_ 1899.
[Illustration:
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. XC.
_Smit del. et lith._
_Hanhart imp._
Fig 1. Cumming’s Bush-bok.
TRAGELAPHUS ROUALEYNI.
Fig 2. The Cape Bush-bok.
TRAGELAPHUS SYLVATICUS.
_Published by R. H. Porter._
]
122. THE CAPE BUSHBUCK.
TRAGELAPHUS SYLVATICUS (Sparrm.).
[PLATE XC. Fig. 2.]
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